14. Revisiting Industrial Dynamics in the SIJORI Cross-Border Region: The Electronics Industry Twenty Years On

2016 ◽  
pp. 370-392
Keyword(s):  
Electronics Industry ◽  
Border Region ◽  
Industrial Dynamics ◽  
Cross Border

Exploring Subbordia – the impact of suburbanisation in cross-border metropolitan regions. The case study of Szczecin and its German hinterland

2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Barthel ◽  
Ewelina Barthel
Keyword(s):  
Border Region ◽  
Metropolitan Region ◽  
Metropolitan Regions ◽  
Grass Roots ◽  
Planning Support ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Connected Area ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Local Narratives

Abstract This paper focuses on the largely unexamined phenomenon of the developing trans-national suburban area west of Szczecin. Sadly the local communities in this functionally connected area struggle with national planning policies that are unsuitable for the region. The paper examines the impact of those processes on the border region in general and on the localities in particular. The paper investigates the consequences for local narratives and the cohesive development of the Euroregion and what position Polish and German communities took to develop the region, even without the necessary planning support. The region has succeeded in establishing grass-roots planning mechanisms which have helped to create a metropolitan-region working from the bottom up.

Water scarcity and sustainability in the arid area of North America: Insights gained from a cross border perspective

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandro Yáñez-Arancibia ◽  
John W. Day
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
North America ◽  
Water Scarcity ◽  
Economic Change ◽  
American Southwest ◽  
Arid Area ◽  
Border Region ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Sharp Focus ◽  
The Face

The arid border region that encompasses the American Southwest and the Mexican northwest is an area where the nexus of water scarcity and climate change in the face of growing human demands for water, emerging energy scarcity, and economic change comes into sharp focus.

scholarly journals COVID-19: first long-term care facility outbreak in the Netherlands following cross-border introduction from Germany, March 2020

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitch van Hensbergen ◽  
Casper D. J. den Heijer ◽  
Petra Wolffs ◽  
Volker Hackert ◽  
Henriëtte L. G. ter Waarbeek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Border Region ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Term Care Facility ◽  
Long Term Care Facility ◽  
Cross Border

Abstract Background The Dutch province of Limburg borders the German district of Heinsberg, which had a large cluster of COVID-19 cases linked to local carnival activities before any cases were reported in the Netherlands. However, Heinsberg was not included as an area reporting local or community transmission per the national case definition at the time. In early March, two residents from a long-term care facility (LTCF) in Sittard, a Dutch town located in close vicinity to the district of Heinsberg, tested positive for COVID-19. In this study we aimed to determine whether cross-border introduction of the virus took place by analysing the LTCF outbreak in Sittard, both epidemiologically and microbiologically. Methods Surveys and semi-structured oral interviews were conducted with all present LTCF residents by health care workers during regular points of care for information on new or unusual signs and symptoms of disease. Both throat and nasopharyngeal swabs were taken from residents suspect of COVID-19, based on regional criteria, for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 by Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction. Additionally, whole genome sequencing was performed using a SARS-CoV-2 specific amplicon-based Nanopore sequencing approach. Moreover, twelve random residents were sampled for possible asymptomatic infections. Results Out of 99 residents, 46 got tested for COVID-19. Out of the 46 tested residents, nineteen (41%) tested positive for COVID-19, including 3 asymptomatic residents. CT-values for asymptomatic residents seemed higher compared to symptomatic residents. Eleven samples were sequenced, along with three random samples from COVID-19 patients hospitalized in the regional hospital at the time of the LTCF outbreak. All samples were linked to COVID-19 cases from the cross-border region of Heinsberg, Germany. Conclusions Sequencing combined with epidemiological data was able to virtually prove cross-border transmission at the start of the Dutch COVID-19 epidemic. Our results highlight the need for cross-border collaboration and adjustment of national policy to emerging region-specific needs along borders in order to establish coordinated implementation of infection control measures to limit the spread of COVID-19.

scholarly journals Examining Cross-Border Cultural Tourism as an Indicator of Territorial Integration across the Slovak–Hungarian Border

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 7225
Author(s):  
Tamás Hardi ◽  
Marcell Kupi ◽  
Gyula Ocskay ◽  
Eszter Szemerédi
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Cultural Tourism ◽  
Border Region ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Heritage Sites ◽  
Empirical Survey ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Territorial Integration

There are numerous examples of cross-border regions in Europe, which are regions not properly demarcated by national borders. One of the main driving forces of the European Union is to turn the dividing borders into connecting borders by strengthening the cohesion between states and regions, thus, encouraging regions to remedy the existing ethnic and cultural fragmentation by increasing the intensity and number of cross-border contacts. Our research focuses on proving that, in symbolic places, such as the cross-border area of Komárom and Komárno, the cultural values, monuments, and heritage sites are the strongest attraction factors for nationality-based cultural tourism. To support our hypothesis, we conducted an empirical survey within the framework of the H2020 SPOT (Social and Innovative Platform on Cultural Tourism and its potential towards deepening Europeanisation) in the cross-border region of Komárom and Komárno. The evaluation concentrated on four aspects of cultural tourism: the nature of cultural tourism in the area, the resident and visitor perceptions of the cultural tourism offerings, opportunities to increase cross-border collaboration, and options to improve the cultural tourism offerings of the area. Our results show that, although there is a great potential in the cross-border tourist destination of Komárom–Komárno, the integration of the (once united) two towns is advancing very slowly, which can be witnessed in the weaknesses of tourism integration as well.

scholarly journals Identifying User Requirements for an Integrated E-Health Unit for Diabetes Mellitus

Diabetology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-76
Author(s):  
Maria Tzilini ◽  
Dimitris Folinas ◽  
Kyriakos Kazakos
Keyword(s):  
Continuity Of Care ◽  
Medical Devices ◽  
Metabolic Diseases ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Border Region ◽  
User Requirements ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Software Application ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Patients With Diabetes

“Continuity of Care” is the main prerequisite for the unhindered movement of people across borders within the European Union (EU). The COntinuity of care in MEtabolic diseases through modern TECHnology (COMETECH) project aims to address the problem of inadequate access to health system services to people who live in isolated communities in Greece and North Macedonia cross-border areas. As the project is almost completed, 4 e-health units—2 in each country—have been established in isolated and deprived communities, aiming at introducing “Continuity of Care” for patients with diabetes in the border region between those countries. The establishment of the e-health units allows affordable access to medical services within Greece-North Macedonia cross-border area. These units (equipped with state-of-the-art medical devices, supported by an advanced software application and medical staff) record data of local people and offer valuable and high-quality medical care services. The records of the EU citizens using the COMETECH services are safely and easily accessible by their physicians. This paper presents the user requirements of e-health units and the medical devices that are set up for the COMETECH Project for helping people with diabetes in the targeted countries.

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